Freddie Crittenden of Phoenix Track Club qualifies for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris in the men’s 110 m vertical race

Freddie Crittenden of the Phoenix Track Club is now fully healthy and will compete in the Olympic Games in 2024.

As Crittenden said, “All good things come in threes.”

At the U.S. Olympic track and field trials, Crittenden ran a personal best of 12.93 seconds to finish second in the men’s 110-meter hurdles, securing his ticket to the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. It was also a historic race. Adidas’ Grant Holloway finished first with 12.83 seconds and Nike’s Daniel Roberts finished third with 12.96 seconds, marking the first time in history that three runners have finished under 13 seconds in a race.

With his 12.93, Crittenden moves up to 13th place on the all-time list in the history of the sport.

Crittenden – who just bought a home in the Valley and is about to become a father for the first time – is coached by Tim O’Neil, the former Phoenix Sunnyslope Prep track star who is now making a name for himself as a coach. O’Neil, currently at GCU, convinced young Devon Allen to run hurdles during his high school years at Phoenix Brophy Prep, setting Allen on a path that led him to become an NCAA champion and two-time Olympian. He also coached all-state hurdlers Bobby Grant and Isaiah Oliver.